Algeria
- Actors and filmmakers
- Kev Adams, actor
- Isabelle Adjani, actress
- Daniel Auteuil, actor
- Jean-Pierre Bacri, actor
- Leïla Bekhti, actress
- Yamina Benguigui, film director, Junior Minister for French Nationals Abroad and Relations with La Francophonie (French-language countries worldwide) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Jean Benguigui, actor
- Richard Berry, actor
- Dany Boon, actor, comedian
- Rachid Bouchareb, film director
- Sofia Boutella, actress
- Rachida Brakni, actress
- Alain Chabat, comedian, film director, scriptwriter and producer
- Élie Chouraqui, film director, producer and scriptwriter
- Gérard Darmon, actor
- Samir Guesmi, actor
- Roger Hanin, actor filmmaker
- Hafsia Herzi, actress
- Salim Kechiouche, actor
- Claude Lelouch, film director, producer, scriptwriter and actor
- Jalil Lespert, actor
- Maïwenn, actress, film director
- Kad Merad, actor
- Samy Naceri, actor
- Marie-José Nat, actress
- Mehdi Nebbou, actor
- Safy Nebbou, actor
- Daniel Prévost, actor and comedian
- Tahar Rahim, actor
- Sabrina Ouazani, actress
- Samy Seghir, actor
- Zinedine Soualem, actor
- Michaël Youn, actor
- Malik Zidi, actor
- Singers and musicians
- Chimène Badi, singer
- Amel Bent, singer
- Cheb Mami, singer
- Chico Bouchikhi, singer, co-founder of the Gipsy Kings
- Patrick Bruel, singer
- Étienne Daho, singer
- DJ Mam's, DJ, music producer
- DJ Snake, DJ
- Quentin Elias, singer, part of Alliage
- Kenza Farah, singer
- Faudel, singer
- Indila, singer
- Jenifer, singer
- Camélia Jordana, singer
- Khaled, singer
- Sheryfa Luna, singer
- Slimane, singer
- Enrico Macias, singer
- Médine, rapper
- Marcel Mouloudji, poet and singer
- Merwan Rim, singer
- Martial Solal, jazz pianist
- Sportspeople
- Karim Benzema, footballer
- Nabil Fekir, footballer
- Alphonse Halimi, boxer
- Kylian Mbappé, footballer
- Maxime Mermoz, professional rugby union footballer
- Riyad Mahrez, footballer
- Alfred Nakache, swimmer, water polo
- Samir Nasri, footballer
- Alain Mimoun, Olympic marathon champion
- Brahim Zaibat, dancer
- Zinedine Zidane, football manager and former player
- Rédouane Hennouni-Bouzidi, athlete
- Others
- Fadela Amara, Secretary of State
- Kader Arif, Junior Minister for Veterans at the French Ministry of Defence
- Jacques Attali, economist, writer
- Amin Maalouf, author
- Alain Bashung, author, composer, performer and comedian
- Azouz Begag, writer and politician
- Nabilla Benattia, reality TV personality
- Nina Bouraoui, writer
- Hélène Cixous, writer
- Annie Cohen-Solal, writer
- Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, physicist, Nobel Prize (1997)
- Jean-François Copé, politician
- Rachida Dati, Minister of Justice
- Jacques Derrida, philosopher
- Julien Dray, politician
- Jean-Pierre Elkabbach, journalist
- Bernard-Henri Lévy, writer and philosopher
- Arnaud Montebourg, France's Minister of Industrial Renewal since May 2012 [1]
- Benjamin Stora, historian
